Lurking on the banks of the Fuyang River is the 129th Brigade of the 386th Division. They originally planned to ambush the Japanese transport train, but they didn't expect Zheng Weiguo to send troops to bomb all the military stations in Shijiazhuang, and the original military train was not completed. After being depressed for a while, Division Commander Liu ordered his troops to capture new fighters.

Fortunately, new fighters soon appeared. The Japanese army was anxious to retaliate against Jizhong, and ordered the 14th Division stationed in Shijiazhuang to move eastward and fight with the 1st Jizhong Division. As a result, the 1st Brigade of Independent Mixed Formations stationed in the Handan and Xingtai areas was isolated. Seeing that the opportunity could not be missed, Division Commander Liu immediately ordered the 385th Brigade and the 386th Brigade to launch an attack on the enemy troops in the section from Shijiazhuang to Anyang in Henan on the Pinghan Line.

Due to the lack of troops, the Japanese army adopted a strategy of mobile defense. That is, a small number of troops are stationed in some strong strongholds, and the main force is shrunk on the communication nodes. Once there is a war in a certain place, it can rush out like a poisonous snake and quickly launch a counterattack. This trick is really powerful in history, the lack of heavy weapons in the Eighth Route makes it difficult to conquer the strong strongholds of the Japanese army in a short period of time, and it is possible to be besieged by heavy Japanese troops for a long time. Therefore, although the Japanese army has a small number of troops, it is often able to take advantage of its mobility to form a situation in which it fights more and fights less.

But now it's different, there are cannons on the eight roads! In the past, the pillboxes that could not be taken down with heavy casualties, and even the earthen artillery buildings, now as long as the cannon is quietly pushed up, a hole will be bombarded with a single cannon. Some small strongholds are usually only garrisoned by puppet troops, and the will to resist is weak. Generally, as long as the cannon is pushed up and the enemy is obediently surrendered, even the shells are saved.

Every time a small stronghold was laid, the Eighth Route mobilized the masses to tear down the enemy's fortifications. Masonry and wood. Whoever takes it will be counted as anyone, go back to strengthen the tunnel, build a pigsty or something, it's all at will. The rest of the grain seized from the stronghold was distributed to the common people, except for some military supplements. Therefore, the villagers near the stronghold are very motivated, and every time they hear that they are going to fight the turret, the old and young masters of Hulala Village follow them.

After clearing some small strongholds, the Eighth Route began to besiege the medium-sized strongholds garrisoned by the Japanese army. Without the protection of small strongholds, medium-sized strongholds are even more isolated. However, most of these strongholds are bunkers made of reinforced concrete, or even bunkers. It is difficult for mountain artillery and battle defense artillery to make a hit. Heavy artillery such as field artillery has large targets and is difficult to move. Vulnerable to Japanese strikes. Moreover, the Japanese army's will to fight was extremely tenacious, and they would not surrender even if they bombarded one or two holes in the pillbox. Therefore, even if you can build a stronghold, you often have to pay a big price.

After discovering the problem. Division Commander Liu quickly adjusted his tactics. Change the battle to "encirclement and reinforcement". Rapid reinforcements that specialize in concentrating the main force to fight the enemy. Of course, as a master tactician, Division Commander Liu also ordered an appetizer - "Dog Tactics" before the main dish of "encirclement and reinforcement" came on the field.

At that time, the 385th Brigade was in Luxi. The 386th Brigade is east of the road. As soon as the east side hit, the main force of the Japanese army rushed over with a roar, but I didn't expect that the 386 Brigade had no intention of fighting a decisive battle at all, and slipped away. Then the 385th Brigade fought again in Luxi, and the Japanese had to turn around and rush to the west. Finally rushed to the battlefield, the people retreated early, but the east fought again.

If it was a few back and forth, the Japanese army was tossed a lot, and everyone from the commander to the ordinary non-commissioned officers was so angry. Moreover, the Eighth Route avoided the battle every time, which also made the Japanese army more arrogant, thinking that the Eighth Route was afraid of themselves, so this Japanese army was like a red-eyed bull, and they were reluctant to smash the Eighth Route to pieces.

This time was no exception, and Major General Jiu Gao Jiren, a brigade regiment of the 1st Brigade of the Japanese Army, learned that the Shahe stronghold was besieged by the Eighth Route Army, and regardless of the fatigue of the troops, he immediately led the 72nd Independent Infantry Brigade under his command to rush over in a car, and brought a mountain artillery squadron to enhance the firepower.

"Brigade commander, the devil is here!" A staff officer put down his binoculars and reported with some nervousness.

"Don't panic! Inform all battalions and companies to prepare for battle, and the sale is coming to the door! Brigade Commander Chen excitedly glanced at the rapidly approaching Japanese convoy and instructed: "When the gunshots are fired, we must knock out the front and back cars of the enemy as soon as possible, and not let go of a single car. ”

Da Da Da ...... The Japanese were also very vigilant, with machine guns mounted on the front of the car and firing as soon as they spotted a suspicious target. Fortunately, the soldiers hid well, and the bullets flew against the scalps of the group. Of course, there were also soldiers who were unfortunately wounded, but these were all veterans, and they were calm and stunned, gritting their teeth and not saying a word.

The car was getting closer and closer, and the fighters could even see the pimples on the little devil's face. The Japanese soldiers were unaware of the approaching crisis, and laughed loudly in the car.

"Yiyuanjun, let's make a bet to see who can kill more people this time!"

"Hey, Taro, I'm afraid you're not as good as me this time, I've already killed two Chi Na Pig just now."

"That's just a passing farmer, it can't be counted, how about we get to Shahe and recalculate?"

"Sand River? Hmph, I'm afraid that as soon as we arrive, those hairy monkeys will have already slipped away! ”

"Sodosne, the people of China really don't have the spirit of a samurai! Let's hope the car arrives before they can escape! ”

"Soga! If they dare to stay, I'll try the power of the Imperial Samurai! ”

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The Japanese soldiers boasted of their "bravery" in slaughtering civilians, but the convoy unwittingly entered the ambush circle of the 386 Brigade. A total of 40 military vehicles traveled at intervals of 20 meters, a full kilometer from end to end. The three main regiments of the 386th Brigade, the 770th Regiment and the 771st Regiment, were ambushed north of the road; A battalion of the 772nd Regiment and an artillery regiment were west of the ambush circle, ready to block reinforcements; The supplementary regiment set up an ambush south of the Fuyang River to prevent the Japanese troops from escaping across the river; The 772nd Regiment had two remaining battalions and brigade units in reserve.

"Hit!" With the order of Brigade Commander Chen, several signal flares suddenly rose into the sky. The Japanese soldiers were taken aback, but before they could react, the artillery of the 386th Brigade had already let out a roar.

Boom...... The two Bailu anti-aircraft guns opened fire at the same time, instantly paralyzing the car that rushed to the front and plunged headlong to the side of the road. Several cars in close proximity tried to bypass the car in front and rushed out of the city. But it was also bombarded into scrap metal by intensive artillery fire. In order to stop these cars, the 386th Brigade prepared four anti-aircraft guns and eight heavy machine guns. This kind of approaching bombardment, not to mention the thin-skinned cars of the little devils, even the tanks can't stand it.

The Japanese troops suddenly panicked, some wanted to turn around, some wanted to take a detour, and some wanted to abandon the car, and the road was suddenly in chaos. Soon, several cars behind the convoy were also destroyed by artillery fire, and the front and rear were blocked. On the right is the Fuyang River. On the left is the position of the Eighth Route Army. Some guys who thought they were smart drove their cars towards the Eighth Road. Unexpectedly, Balu had already prepared, digging the drainage ditch on the side of the road deep and wide, and the car didn't want to climb out as soon as it plunged into it, and the little devils in the car were also smashed.

"Fight back! Fight back! The major general of the wine high man was furious again. Immediately command the troops to counterattack on the spot. I have to admit it. The Japanese army had a high level of tactical literacy. Although there was some confusion at first, it was quickly organized in squads, detachments. They relied on automobiles to build fortifications on the spot. and tried to make a detour to the flank of the Eighth Route Army.

Brigade Commander Chen snorted coldly and said, "It's really not a coffin without tears, and the fire covers!" All battalions and companies pressed me up! ”

Mortars of the battalions quickly shelled enemy convoys. At this time, the Japanese cars were stopped, and they were excellent targets, and as long as the shells fell on the carriages, they were all in one pot. Even if it falls nearby, it's enough for a little devil to drink a pot.

Sudden ...... The machine gun company of the battalion directly under the 386 Brigade also quickly joined the battlefield, and they were all armed with Soviet-made DP28 rotary machine guns, a total of 36 units. Some of them were previously allocated to the 129th Division by the headquarters of the Eighth Route Army, and were intercepted by Brigade Commander Chen after changing their clothes, and some were exchanged for "doing business" with Zheng Huzi. Brigadier Chen is a very financially minded person, and he has secretly saved a lot of good goods. Therefore, the 386 Brigade was very famous in the Anti-Japanese War in history, and the Japanese army was so angry that the Japanese army wrote "Specializing in the 386 Brigade of the Eighth Route Army" on the armored car.

The low roar of the Soviet-made machine gun made the Japanese soldiers even more panicked, and many of the little devils hiding behind the carriage were killed in rows, and those who were lucky enough to not die also hid under the car in a panic, and stubbornly resisted.

"Blow the trumpet and divide the enemy!" Brigadier Commander Chen gave another order.

Doodoo ...... The loud trumpet of the charge suddenly sounded, echoing on both sides of the Fuyang River. When the soldiers and civilians heard this, they were all excited, and for the Japanese army, it was tantamount to a call from hell.

"Kill!" The strength of the 770th Regiment and the 771st Regiment, a total of six battalions, quickly pounced, but they did not blindly rely on the large number of people, but focused on seizing several adjacent vehicles, thus dividing the Japanese army into seven or eight pieces. Then use grenades to blast at recalcitrant enemy forces nearby.

A feature of the wooden-handled grenade is that when thrown forward with the forearm and wrist forward, the grenade will bounce forward like a rabbit. Although this throwing method is relatively close, it is very useful against devils crawling under the car. Some grenades could even "drill" directly into the collar of Japanese soldiers. In the face of such a ferocious blow, the Japanese army finally could not bear it anymore and began to flee to the river beach.

"Kill, give!" The wine Gaoji people did not give up and tried to command the troops to fight back. However, the Japanese troops, which were less than 1,000 men, were scattered on a one-kilometer-long front, with an average of less than one person per meter, and it was impossible to assemble them in a short time. Moreover, densely populated areas are more likely to attract heavy bombardment from the mortars of the Eighth Route Army.

"Your Excellency Brigade Commander, hurry up and break through!" The captain of the 72nd Independent Infantry Brigade, Liquan Sansheng, ran over with a bloody face on his face and said in a panic: "The Shina army is coming from all sides, and it will be too late if you don't break through!" ”

Jiu Gaoji was also panicked, so he had to listen to his advice and led the remnants of more than 30 Japanese soldiers to flee towards the river, preparing to cross the Fuyang River. The Japanese troops who were still stubbornly resisting in other places saw that their commanders had fled, and they gave up resistance one after another, turned around and ran.

Across the river was the position of the replenishment regiment. The Supplementary Regiment also played an interesting way, they had only a small number of troops to hold a few strongholds south of the Fuyang River. The main firepower (heavy machine guns, mortars) was deployed in the upper reaches of the river, but the main forces were distributed in a few villages further south.

As soon as hundreds of Japanese troops fled into the river, the heavy machine guns upstream suddenly opened fire. Dense bullets whistled against the water, and pieces of Japanese soldiers were swept down into the river, and the river was suddenly dyed bright red. The 770th and 771st regiments also quickly cleared the road of the remnants of the enemy, and then fired at the Japanese from behind.

In early spring, the flow of the Fuyang River was not large, but the water that had just melted was colder than in winter, and the Japanese troops stumbled in the river, shivering from the cold. Once you are knocked down by a bullet, you can never get up again. Soon, there were more and more corpses in the river, and the river was blocked. Hundreds of corpses piled up to form a tiny dam. Some Japanese soldiers struggled in the icy water, which soon became part of the dam as well.

Deputy Brigade Commander Wang Xinting couldn't bear to look at it anymore, put down the binoculars and said, "Hey, it's so miserable!" The little devil was bent on finding us for a decisive battle, probably not expecting this kind of end! ”

Grand Brigadier Chen said: "Hmph, when they slaughtered innocent people, they should have thought of it! ”

Before the Japanese reinforcements arrived. The battle was over. The soldiers will happily clean up the battlefield on both sides of the road. Some of the soldiers, who were not afraid of the cold, even grabbed their trousers and ran into the river to pick up their guns.

A staff officer said: "Brigade commander, the Japanese reinforcements are almost arriving, do you want to let the troops speed up the progress?" ”

Brigadier Chen waved his hand and said, "No! Now the situation is different, and the little devils are not coming. I'm going to find him! ”

Truly. Despite the loss of only one brigade. However, the situation between the enemy and the enemy in the Handan and Xingtai areas has undergone tremendous changes. Because the Japanese army lost the only rapid reaction force in their hands. This meant that the Japanese army's previous superiority in mobility no longer existed, and it even had to face the threat of a rapid strike by the 129th Division Cavalry Regiment.

The 385th Brigade, the 386th Brigade, and the 129th Division were directly under the artillery and cavalry regiments, plus the Special Service Regiment and the Heavy Artillery Regiment of the Eighth Route Army Headquarters. There is even an advantage of annihilation. Seeing that the situation was not good, the North China Front Army hurriedly ordered the 14th Division to send a brigade to reinforce, and ordered the independent mixed 8th Brigade in the Anyang and Xinxiang areas to go north, and ordered the 108th Division stationed in Jinnan to plan to form the 8th Brigade independently.

However, the 14th Division was already deep in the mud at this time, the main force was all spread out, and most of them were repeatedly entangled with the troops of the 1st Division of Jizhong, and the rest of the troops were also pressed by the 63rd Army and the 49th Army on the Pinghan line. Who would dare to take such responsibility?

The situation of the 8th Brigade was also not good, they were originally stationed in the Xingtai area, and in order to deal with the defense area of the 14th Division, they moved south to take over the defense area of the 14th Division, thus freeing the 14th Division. However, the strength of the 8th Brigade was simply not enough to control the vast area of northern Henan. The 344th Brigade of the Eighth Route Army and some miscellaneous armed forces of the National Army developed rapidly. If they dare to go, the railway south of Anyang will definitely be stripped by the Eighth Road.

Although the 108th Division had the intention to respond, the national army in Nakajo Mountain also began to act. Commander Wei Lihuang learned the lesson of the defeat of the last counterattack, set up a suspicious formation at the military meeting, imitated the wisdom of "Jiang Gan stealing books" to deceive the Japanese army to turn, and then transferred the elite of the 14th Army to make a covert raid, and it really succeeded in one fell swoop, severely damaging a wing of the Japanese army. Due to the poor cooperation of other troops, they were not completely annihilated, but this battle greatly boosted the morale of the Nakajo Mountain National Army. Let them realize that as long as the tactics are right, the little devils can also be defeated!

Taking advantage of the fact that several Japanese troops could not withdraw, the 129th Division quickly moved and conquered many county towns in Nanhe, Yongnian, Quzhou, Neiqiu, and Lincheng in a row. The Eighth Route took the opportunity to strangle the railway south of Shijiazhuang, and the rails were pulled to the Jizhong or Jixi Arsenal by horse-drawn carriages, and the sleepers were also moved home by the common people as firewood.

Zheng Huzi heard the wind and sent a sapper demolition unit to reinforce and help the Eighth Road to dismantle the bridge and break the road, and the four bridges south of Shijiazhuang were all blown up, and not even a single bridge pier was left for the devil. Some highway bridges with strong load-bearing capacity were also killed, and anyway, the Eighth Route Army did not use heavy artillery much, and each bridge was marked with a load limit of one ton.

On the Japanese side, Sugiyama Motogang had just undergone surgery and had not yet removed the stitches. At that time, there were no minimally invasive techniques, and the recovery was very slow, so the heavy responsibility of command was all placed on the chief of staff Yamashita Fengwen. To be fair, this "infantry gun" is still quite capable, and its ability is at least above the "fool's yuan". But now the biggest problem of the Japanese army in North China is the lack of troops. As the saying goes, it is difficult for a good woman to cook without rice. Yamashita Fengwen was very busy, but there was no good way to do it except tear down the east wall and make up the west wall.

Chirping! A high-end sedan stopped in front of the headquarters of the North China Front, and several medical soldiers in white coats opened the car door and helped a Humpty Dumpty out of it. It turned out that Sugiyama Motosei was lying on a hospital bed all day long, and bad news came from the front line one after another. He finally couldn't lie down anymore and insisted on going to the headquarters to take a look. The hospital did not dare to disobey, so they had to send him over and send several medical staff to accompany him.

"Please show your ID!" The sentry was shouting the order, but he didn't expect it to be Sugiyama Moto, so he was so frightened that he hurriedly stood up and saluted: "Your Excellency Commander!" ”

Sugiyama Mototo snorted and said, "Well, is Yamashita Chief of Staff here?" ”

The sentry hurriedly said: "Yes, Your Excellency, Chief Yamashita has been staying at the headquarters for the past few days, and he has slept in the war room at night. ”

When Sugiyama heard this, he was quite moved, and hurriedly asked the nurses to help him in. As soon as I arrived outside the door of the war room, I heard Yamashita Bongbun yelling angrily inside.

In the war room, Yamashita Fengwen grabbed the collar of the military station supervisor and scolded: "Don't you feel ashamed that you are an incompetent fool who let the people of China succeed over and over again?" ”

The status of the military station supervisor is actually very high, and this is a fat shortage, and people without a background can't be it at all. But in the face of the reprimand of the chief of staff of the front army, he did not dare to reply, because the Tianjin military station was attacked by agents again. Although it was not completely destroyed like the main site of Shijiazhuang military station, the loss was greater, because the military station in Tianjin belonged to the "main assembly area", that is, the military station at the strategic level, and there were much more materials piled up here than Shijiazhuang.

After scolding for a while, Yamashita Fengwen was also tired of scolding, so he had to suppress his anger and ask: "How much material is left in the Tianjin Military Station?" ”

The station supervisor cried and said with a sad face: "Three, three percent!" ”

As soon as he finished speaking, he suddenly heard a plop from outside the door, followed by a woman's exclamation.

"Yaga! Who is hiding outside the door? Yamashita Bongfumi ran over angrily and opened the door of the war room, only to see Sugiyama Moto, who was wearing a hospital gown, lying on the ground, with blood gushing out of his abdomen. It turned out that the "fool yuan" learned that the Tianjin military station had also suffered heavy losses, and under the anger, the muscles suddenly contracted, and the wound that had not had time to heal suddenly burst. (To be continued......)

PS: I finally got up early, but the power went out in the afternoon, it's so cruel, woo!